Max is stupid fast, has the balls to make passes that others won't, and got everything he could out of that RB car. But he doesn't have the consistency that Lewis has (while Lewis has those same qualities Max does), and that Honda PU isn't as strong as the Mercedes PU. Had Ferrari not shot itself in the foot, Max would have been 4th, maybe 5th in the drivers this year (but Ferrari is gonna Ferrari, so there's that).

I like Max. I'd put him top 5, maybe top 3 drivers in the field now. But he's not better than Lewis, and RB isn't better than Petronas, so the deck is stacked against him a bit. That said, Rosberg beat Hamilton in 2016, so if the 44 car goes tits up again there's hope